title: [Viral exanthematic childhood diseases].
abstract: Exanthem is defined as multiple, inflammatory skin alteration with a hematogenic, lymphogenic or neurogenic origin. Typically, so called exanthematic children's diseases are measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) and in the past small pox. The pathogenesis of the viral-caused diseases primarily occurs in the vascular connective tissue. The cytopathogenetic effects result in inflammatory tissue reactions with activation of defence mechanism and producing of immune complexes. First symptoms are hyperemia, edema and inflammatory infiltrates with itchy swellings. Virological laboratory diagnosis are necessary especially for the progress of atypical infectious diseases, for persons with immunological or chronical illness and under chemotherapeutical or immunosuppressival treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Zentrum für Hygiene, Frankfurt/Main.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allwinn
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Doerr
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology*
vernacular_title: Viral bedingte, exanthematische Kinderkrankheiten.